Ballot Archive

25 Jul 2024

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

John-Henry Phillips

Academic degrees, honours etc.

2022 M.A Human Rights and Global Ethics 2016 B.A Archaeology

Profession or occupation

Author, television presenter, filmmaker, archaeologist, and Senior Inclusive Heritage Advisor at Historic England

Grounds for election

John-Henry Phillips is an archaeologist, author, television presenter, and filmmaker. His career began in commercial archaeology before launching a search for a World War II shipwreck, aiming to identify LCH 185, a landing craft that led the D-Day landings at Sword Beach. This won the Nautical Archaeology Society’s Adopt-A-Wreck award. John-Henry made and appeared in the accompanying documentary No Roses On A Sailor’s Grave, which won multiple film awards and appears on PBS network. John-Henry’s 2022 book 'The Search' combined history and memoir to tell the full story of the expedition. John-Henry co-hosts The Great British Dig on Channel 4 and works as a Senior Inclusive Heritage Advisor at Historic England. From a Romany origin, John-Henry co-founded the non-profit Romany Community Archaeology, teaching Romany people vocational skills through excavations of Romany sites. John-Henry’s next book looks at Romany history through traditional storytelling and archaeology.

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